Being held by someone with his head in his hands, Banhua was dizzy again, so he simply put his head on the other person's body, too lazy to look like a boneless beauty snake.
Some people present couldn't help but sneak a few more glances.
Rong Xia turned around and blocked Ban Hua behind her, "Be careful of feeling uncomfortable in your stomach."
Although Ban Hua was delicate and tender, she seldom got sick since she was a child. Now she was dizzy and dizzy. She felt that she was limp and had no strength at all. She didn't bother to move when Rong Xia said anything.
Liu Banshan, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, coughed dryly, and turned to look at Commander Chen: "Commander Chen, the princess is not feeling well, and it might be inappropriate for us to bother."
"This..." Commander Chen knew that Princess Fule still held some weight in His Majesty's heart, so he didn't dare to ask the princess to answer his question in spite of illness. It was raining and windy last night, and the princess had blood on her hands again. She was frightened and fell ill, but...he became obsessed with Cheng Anhou, "Liu Shaoqing is right."
He stood up and said to Banhua: "Please rest well, the princess, the next official will definitely catch the killer as soon as possible."
Rong Xia patted Ban Hua's back lightly, and said to Commander Chen, "I'm sorry, Commander Chen."
"Master Hou speaks seriously, this is the duty of the lower officials," Commander Chen saw Rong Xia protecting Ban Hua, and he had a new sense of Rong Xia. Although he is a general, because of his duties, he has dealt with many civil servants. Most of these civil servants like empathetic, gentle and virtuous women. A tough woman with a sword is always avoided by civil servants.
Just like the incident that happened last night, if it gets out, there may be a lot of people talking about it, and not all of them are good things. No matter how beautiful a woman is, not everyone can accept her killing, even though she is helpless, and things are up to her.
As for poor Jing Zhaoyin, he didn't dare to speak from the beginning to the end, and he nodded at what others said. Anyway, anyone here is more powerful than him, and he can't afford to offend anyone.
Hearing that Commander Chen said that he would not ask Princess Fule's words, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, wishing he could stand up from his chair immediately and ask Cheng Anhou and Princess Fuller to leave. However, before he had time to get up, he saw a young boy in a white silk dress walking in quickly.
Ouch, isn't this the son of the well-known playboy Jun Jingting in the capital?
"Sister!" When Ban Heng heard that Cheng'anhou's mansion had been broken into by an assassin, he immediately rushed over without stopping. He couldn't even wait for the notification, and directly broke into the gate of Rong's house. The servants of the Rong family didn't dare to really stop him, since he is also the future brother-in-law of Lord Hou and the brother of Mrs. Hou in the future, who would dare to offend him?
Seeing his sister leaning against Rong Xia weakly, Ban Heng was so anxious that he almost jumped up three feet from the spot: "Sister, what's wrong with you, are you injured? Where is the injury? Did you call the imperial doctor?"
Ban Hua felt his ears buzzing, and when he turned his head and saw Ban Heng spinning around in a hurry, he couldn't help but want to laugh, but when he shook his head, he was spinning again.
"Brother, the princess suffered from the cold yesterday and was not injured. I have already sent someone to invite the imperial physician." Rong Xia knew that the Ban family sister and brother had a good relationship, and was not offended by Ban Heng's impatient behavior. Please sit down."
"My sister looks like this, how can I sit down?" Rong Xia walked around Banhua, "She was as strong as a cow since she was a child, and she rarely got sick. But whenever she got sick, she would suffer from the boss. "
"You are the cow..."
Even though he is sick, he still has to insist on maintaining his beautiful image. Ban Hua rubbed his forehead against Rong Xia's waist and abdomen, and hummed, "Don't shake, I'm dizzy."
Ban Heng stopped immediately, reached out and touched Ban Hua's forehead, it was indeed very hot. He glared at Rong Xia, trying to blame him for not taking good care of Ban Hua, but thinking that there were outsiders present, he swallowed the words back.
It is one of the principles of the Ban family to solve their own family affairs and never let outsiders watch the fun.
Seeing Ban Shizi's worried look, the adults didn't want to leave or stay. Let's go, in case someone misunderstands that they don't care about the princess's body, it won't be beautiful. But if they stay, the Princess is a woman, and it's not appropriate for them to stay here.
Fortunately, Master Rong is considerate, seeing them in a difficult situation, he said: "I almost forgot, if you adults want to know more about the killer, you can ask some of my guards. I'm injured, I'm recuperating in the house, if the adults don't mind, you can ask them."
"Then the servants of Laogui's Mansion will lead the way." Commander Chen immediately agreed.
After leaving the main courtyard, Jing Zhaoyi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Princess Fule is really a hero among women."
Liu Banshan smiled and said, "Very true."
Commander Chen didn't have much contact with these two civil servants, he just nodded stiffly and didn't say much.
Liu Banshan glanced at the taciturn Commander Chen, his expression remained unchanged, his eyes turned and fell on the courtyard wall. There was a string of blood stains on the wall tiles. After a few hours passed, and after being washed by the rain, the color of this string of blood stains was not very bright, it looked like a string of dirty muddy water marks on it.
Not long after, the imperial doctor arrived, and he took Banhua's pulse, "Please don't worry, Lord Hou and the prince, the princess is just suffering from a cold, take medicine on time, and rest for a few more days, and then he will recover. But..." He Taking a careful look at Ban Heng's face, "The Princess has suffered from the cold and also suffered some fright. Before he recovers, it is not suitable to move or blow the wind."
Although Ban Heng was reluctant to let Ban Hua live in Rong's house, he could clearly distinguish the priorities of the matter, nodded sullenly, and did not say anything against it.
"Are there any taboos about eating?" Rong Xia knew that Ban Hua was a picky eater. She glanced at her who was lying on the bed in a drowsy sleep, and reached out her hand to touch her forehead, which was still terribly hot.
"Things that are oily and greasy are not usable for the time being," the imperial doctor stroked his gray beard, "There are also spicy and cold things that are also forbidden to eat."
"Thank you, imperial doctor, I'll make a note." Rong Xia took the veil that the maid had twisted, and gently placed it on Banhua's forehead. Banhua, who was drowsily asleep, seemed to feel that there was something on his head, so he wanted to shake it off.
Rong Xia hurriedly pressed down on the veil with one hand, and patted the quilt with the other, coaxing Ban Hua into a deep sleep like a child.
Ban Heng noticed his movement, turned his head and said: "I'll go back and bring over the servants who are often used by my sister. I'm going to bother you at Lord Hou's mansion for a few days, Lord Hou doesn't mind?"
"Welcome."
He looked at Banhua who was sleeping, and dared not not welcome him.
After Ban Heng left, the medicine was ready soon, Rong Xia woke Ban Hua up, took the medicine bowl from the maid, scooped it up with a spoon, and handed it to Ban Hua's lips.
Banhua, who hadn't recovered yet, looked at the dark concoction, his stomach churned, and he almost vomited it out. Seeing that her expression was not right, Rong Xia hurriedly took away the medicine bowl, patted her on the back and said, "Is it because your stomach is uncomfortable?"
"Well," Ban Hua looked at Rong Xia wearily, feeling a little pitifully wronged, "It smells bad."
Rong Xia tasted the medicine, but it was bitter and astringent, and the taste was not pleasant, he frowned, the medicine was really bad smell and bad taste. He looked at the butler standing behind him, "Why is this medicine so bitter?"
housekeeper:......
"Master Hou, good medicine tastes bitter."
"No pills?" Seeing that Ban Hua's complexion was as pale as paper, Rong Xia persuaded softly, "Hua Hua, why don't you take some first?"
Seen by the beauty with pleading and concerned eyes, Ban Hua couldn't help but nod.
So a spoonful of medicine was fed to her again.
"Bring the bowl." Banhua refused the method of feeding with a spoon. Feeding this half bowl of medicine one spoon at a time is simply torture, it's worse than a mouthful of boredom. Although it is a good thing for the beauty to take the initiative to feed the medicine, but this method is too heavy for her to bear.
Rong Xia froze for a moment, then handed the medicine bowl to Ban Hua.
Banhua took the bowl and drank it in several gulps, and even ate several candied fruit before suppressing the urge to gag in his throat.
The maid took a cup of tea to rinse her mouth, she took a sip and spit it out, then said: "I can't rinse anymore, if I rinse again, I will spit out the medicine too."
"Take the medicine and sleep well, and sweat all over." Rong helped Banhua to lie down, covered her with the quilt, took out a handkerchief and wiped the corners of her mouth, and couldn't help rubbing the corners of her hot forehead. A light kiss, "Sleep peacefully."
Banhua opened his eyes, his moist eyes were bent, then closed and fell asleep.
The maid next to her felt that this scene made her blush a little, so she quickly turned her head away.
"Serve the princess well," Rong Xia stood up from the stool, "I'll be over in a while."
"yes."
Rong Xia walked out of the main courtyard and asked the butler who was following behind, "Is Commander Chen gone?"
"Master Hou, the adults have already left the house."
Rong Xia nodded, his expression was very cold, as cold as a sharp knife that had just been unsheathed in winter, making people afraid to touch its edge.
"Tell Wang Qu to meet me in the study."
The first time Wang Qu saw Lord Hou, he couldn't help bowing down.
"Have you found out the traitor?"
"It's two concierges, someone took their family..."
"I don't want to hear their concerns," Rong Xia interrupted Wang Qu without raising his head, "It was dealt with according to the rules."
Wang Qu buried his waist even lower: "This subordinate understands."
"If it wasn't for Princess Fule last night, the Hou Mansion would hang up white banners to invite people to mourn today." Rong Xia looked up at Wang Qu, "I overestimated Jiang Luo's brain."
"Master Hou, this subordinate thinks that King Ning can't sit still."
King Ning is impatient and at odds with Lord Hou. Now that Lord Hou is valued by His Majesty again, King Ning used the most stupid solution, injuring the enemy by eight hundred and hurting himself by one thousand.
"When did he sit still?" Rong Xia sneered, "Xie Chongjin seems to be dying?"
Wang Qu was stunned for a moment, not understanding why Master Hou would suddenly mention Xie Chongjin: "It is true that Dalang Xie is no longer recovering, but what does this have to do with King Ning?"
"It didn't exist before, but now it does."
He would not believe that Emperor Yunqing would dispose of the second prince because of him, he knew Emperor Yunqing well. Selfish and suspicious, only people in the world feel sorry for him, and there is no time when he makes mistakes. King Ning is not a thing, he is also his son. After this matter is clarified, Emperor Yunqing may compensate him and cut off some minions of King Ning to help him vent his anger, but the second prince will never move. of.
No matter what the Xie family does now, it is tantamount to being tied to the big boat of King Ning. He wants to make Xie Chongjin a thorn in the heart of the Xie family.
"Hou Ye, Ban Shizi is here." The housekeeper's voice sounded outside the study.
Rong Xia rushed out to take a look, and saw a group of people carrying several large boxes, and twenty or thirty men and women, some dressed as maidservants, some dressed as guards, Ban Heng was surrounded by these people, like A hooligan on the street who leads his younger brothers to collect protection fees.
"Brother Ban," Rong Xia glanced at the large boxes on the ground, "I don't know what these are..."
"It's all my sister's usual clothes, jewelry and some objects," Ban Heng sighed, "She is temporarily living in your residence, and I don't want to take too many things, so let's just leave it at that."
"Brother Ban, you're welcome. If you need anything else, just take it. Our family doesn't talk about each other." Rong Xia led Ban Heng to the inner courtyard. You go and look at the yard, if there is something you don't like, let the servants change it."
"Don't worry, I'm not too picky about where I live." There was only one box of Ban Heng's things in total, and apart from a few servants and guards, none of the maids were kept around. So most of the people he brought were serving Ban Hua.
The servants of the Rong family found that the eldest son of the Ban family was really easy to serve, and he didn't have the slightest opinion except that he was particular about food. When seeing the beautiful servant girl of the Rong Mansion, she would not take a second look, would not bully the servants, and would not seek trouble for nothing.
Just such a son, is he called a dandy?
The standard of dudes in the capital is really too low.
Banhua drank the medicine and fell into a drowsy sleep. After drinking half a bowl of porridge, he fell asleep again. In the middle of the night, she woke up once. There was no candle in the room, but a candlestick exuded a faint light.
Is this a lantern made of night pearls?
"Huahua, are you awake?" Seeing her waking up, Rong Xia hurriedly said, "Don't sleep yet, I'll ask someone to bring the warm medicine."
"Why haven't you slept yet?" Banhua was limp all over, and just sat up and lay down again.
"I slept in the afternoon," Rong Xia's voice interfered a little, he got up and walked to the door, said something to the person guarding outside, and hurried back to the bed, "Is it better now?"
"I'm sweating all over my body now, and I feel uncomfortable," Banhua stretched out his hand from the quilt, but when he turned his head, Rong Xia stuffed it back, "The imperial doctor said, you can't catch the cold anymore. Be good, don't make trouble."
"Who's making trouble?" Ban Hua coughed dryly, "I'm going to change clothes."
"I'll let the servant girl serve you." Rong Xia rubbed her nose uncomfortably, then got up again and walked to the door. Soon, two maidservants came in.
"Ruyi, Yuzhu?" Ban Hua blinked, "Why are you here?"
"Princess, the servant was brought here by the prince. He was worried that others would not know your preferences and would not be able to serve you well." Ruyi dressed Banhua, and seeing that Marquis An had already left the room, she and Yuzhu supported Banhua. Go behind the screen.
Banhua lay back on the bed, and said hoarsely, "The prince is here too?"
Based on what she knew about her brother, he would never let her live alone in Cheng'anhou's mansion for so long.
"Yes," Ruyi wiped the sweat off Ban Hua's forehead with a hot handkerchief, "The prince lives in the courtyard next door."
Ban Hua smiled: "This brat..."
I can't bear to say anything else.
After a while, Rong Xia came in again, and he reached out to touch Ban Hua's forehead: "There is still a low fever."
He wrapped Banhua in a quilt, let her sit on the head of the bed, and brought the medicine bowl to her mouth: "I'll drink it for you."
Finally no spoon feeding.
Banhua held her breath and drank the medicine, biting a piece of candied fruit that Rong Xia stuffed into her mouth, a smile appeared on her pale face.
"What are you laughing at?" Rong Xia held her with one hand and wiped the corner of her mouth with the other.
"Laugh at my beauty first," Ban Hua blinked, looking extraordinarily innocent and innocent.
Rong Xia chuckled softly, "It's my beauty who is in my arms."
"Hmm..." Ban Hua yawned, "I still want to sleep."
"Go to sleep." Rong Xia smiled, but did not let her go. Banhua opened his eyes and looked at him, only his chin and half of his face could be seen. But a beauty is a beauty, even if it's just the back of the head, it's still pretty.
"Hou..." Ruyi wanted to tell Marquis Cheng An that it's okay to put down their princess and lie down by herself.
But Cheng Anhou looked up at her, and she closed her mouth unconsciously. When she and Yuzhu walked out of the room, she realized that her forehead was covered with sweat.
"Sister Ruyi, isn't it appropriate to keep Marquis An in the house?" Yuzhu whispered, "Should we go in and serve her?"
"No need," Ruyi took a deep breath, "If the Princess wants us to stay, she would have already spoken before she went to bed."
What's more, with Uncle Rong's character, he won't do anything, and with them and a few female guards guarding outside, he can't do anything either.
Rong Xia had never seen Banhua so weak. She was like a vigorous beautiful fox on weekdays. Wherever she was, she was the brightest existence. No one can really ignore her, or in other words, as long as she is there, it is difficult for many people to pay attention to others.
Seeing Huahua in such a weak state for the first time, he had the urge to rub her into his body, but he was afraid of strangling her, so he could only hold her carefully, unwilling to let go, and dared not hold her. too hard.
Why is there such a wonderful woman in the world?
As long as there is her, the whole world becomes gloomy, only she is gorgeous and picturesque.
He never thought that one day there would be a woman standing in front of him with a sword, like a mountain blocking the wind and rain for him, blocking the sword.
His mother was weak, and her face was always filled with endless sorrow, telling him the never-tiring pain. Over and over again, over and over again, like a thick fog that can never dissipate.
Before her mother died, a pair of slender hands pinched his arm to bleed. She said that she was worried that her father would marry a new man, and that her father would forget her. Her love, hatred, pain, and memories were like a bleak young girl. Dreams have never been beautiful until death.
She never worried about what would happen to her two sons without the protection of their mother, nor did she feel that it was wrong to tell her children her sorrow and pain over and over again. She likes elegant and plain things, and even led them to have the same hobbies as him since they were young.
She dislikes red and gaudy, gold and silver are vulgar, and even sneered at the Ban family when she was alive.
She never uses the jewelry in the storeroom of the house, because she thinks that they are all things, and the most beautiful woman is beautiful without jewelry. A woman who is obsessed with jewelry and spends energy on clothes and jewelry is both vulgar and superficial. She doesn't bother to say a word to this kind of person, and she doesn't bother to sit with them.
When he was a child, he had imagined that the beautiful jewelry in the warehouse would look good on his mother. However, before he said it, his mother let him know that people who like these things are superficial.
So he buried this thought deeply.
Gentle and elegant, personable, and measured in words and deeds. This is the expectation that his mother gave him, and that is how she raised him.
Later, she died, her father died, and her elder brother also disappeared. He was the only one left in the entire Rong family, and he became the most dignified gentleman of the Rong family.
It's just that every time he walked into Fuchu's warehouse, he couldn't help but take a look at those jewels.
They are obviously very beautiful things, why is liking them gaudy?
Why?
Until that day, when he was riding a horse and walking down the street, he saw that noble girl whom he met in the mountains by chance, wearing a red dress and riding a horse, whipping at a man, all his eyes were attracted by that girl, and the world All people and things are dull ashes, only she is like a flame, so gorgeous that he can't breathe.
Obviously this is extremely beautiful and vivid beauty, how could it be gaudy?
Withdrawn from the memories, Rong Xia looked down at the sleeping woman in her arms, put her back on the bed, stood up and kissed her lightly on the lips. Her lips were bitter and warm.
Licking the corner of her lips, Rong Xia leaned against the head of the bed and closed her eyes.
Banhua knew that he was dreaming again.
She saw Shen Yu coming to retire, saw Xie Qilin break his eye, and saw Xie Wanyu and Jiang Luo get married, and the two had a estrangement because of Shi Feixian.
The dream changed quickly and illogically, as if it was spring for a while, and it was snowing outside for a while, and the garden was full of flowers in the blink of an eye.
The prince was locked in a damp and dark yard. He seemed to be writing something, but before Banhua approached, the dream changed again. She saw that the main hall of the Great Moon Palace was full of guards from the imperial guards. Shi Jin Standing with the commander of the imperial guards, the two of them had blood on their faces, and they didn't know whether they were dead or alive.
A pair of thick-soled cyan soap boots stepped through the door, and the soles of the shoes stepped on the coagulated blood. This person seemed to think the blood was too dirty, so he raised his foot and stepped on a corpse lying next to him, rubbing off the blood little by little, before continuing on. go forward.
"King Changqing, why are you doing this?"
"Why?" The visitor laughed, and slowly opened the fan in his hand, "Emperor Yunqing owes me this."
Prince Changqing? ! Ban Hua heard footsteps coming from behind, and looked back, Jiang Luo came in with a team of guards armed with knives, his face full of pride.
Jiang Luo?
She looked at these two people walking together in shock, how could King Changqing have any connection with Jiang Luo?
Ban Hua opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was the flying gauze curtain and Rong Xia lying on the head of the bed.
"Huahua, are you awake?"
Ban Hua stared blankly at Rong Xia, and suddenly asked, "Do you have a good relationship with King Changqing?"
She remembered that when King Changqing invited her and Brother Heng to see mynah, Rong Xia stayed with King Changqing.
Rong Xia wiped the sweat off her head as usual, "It's not too good, he likes my calligraphy and painting, so he often invites me to his house to talk about poetry, but I don't always have time."
Ban Hua nodded, and whispered, "It's fine not to go."
"What?" Rong Xia looked at her with a smile.
Ban Hua shook his head: "I'm still a little dizzy."
"Let me rub it for you." Rong Xia pressed her temples for her, "Why did you suddenly think of him?"
" I had a dream."
"I dreamed of him but didn't dream of me?"
Ban Hua laughed when he heard this : "I didn't dream of him, I just dreamed of a pig and a starling."
"Huh?"
"The starling stood on the pig's back, and the pig could fly. When I dreamed of the starling, I remembered that His Royal Highness Changqing asked me to go I saw that starling." Ban Hua looked at Rong Xia, "How can a pig fly?"
"Probably because this pig is dreaming?"
"Ah."
Ban Hua bit the back of his hand.
"Hiss, pigs can not only fly, but also bite people."
Ban Heng standing at the door thought blankly, did he come a little early?